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Golf Guns for People with Disabilities or Complete Nutters

We knew about the Golf Ball Launcher prototype, but now a company called Air Force Golf wants to actually sell a $795 300-yard range model, starting next month. But really, why stop at 300 yards when you can do 500 yards using an AR-15 magazine-fed automatic rifle or an M-11 semi-automatic pistol? https://gizmodo.com/golf-ball-launcher-makes-golf-fun-for-all-242046 That’s what the…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Kitty Tanning Bed is a Bad Sign for Humanity

This is a tanning bed for cats and dogs. Also, it is a sign of the apocalypse and/or the downfall of the American empire. Because really, when you’re tanning your pets, you don’t deserve to have any influence over the rest of the world. You’re officially an idiot. Essentially, this thing is a sunshine simulator,…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Are Adults More Ignored Than Children In SF Lit?

They’ve published books, linked to and even interviewed each other, but now authors Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi are collectively wondering whether anyone is paying attention to their most recent books, and just what is the most under-appreciated genre of literature: Young Adult or Regular Science Fiction? Doctorow started the conversation by telling fans that…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Dolphin Gets Prosthetic Tail

Winter was just two months old when she got her tail caught in a crab trap—and rendered a useless stump—off the coast of Florida. After a long recuperation and a year and a half of hard labor by one of the veterinary world’s top prosthetics wizards, Winter became the first dolphin to receive a functional…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Decypher DC’s White Board Of Doom

It appeared at last month’s New York Comic-Con, and then again in last week’s DC superhero comics. Later, an easy-to-read version showed up as part of an interview with DC Comics head honcho Dan DiDio over the weekend. I’m talking about the whiteboard of doom. This is DC’s latest attempt to tease fans with hints…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Never Return Your Video Camera While Still Stoned

When two amateur Cheech and Chongs returned a PureDigital Flip camera to Best Buy, apparently they forgot to erase the memory. Because when one shopper purchased the open box item, it came free with three videos labeled “Smoking.” Here’s a shot of the two auteurs in action. For those who’d like to see the whole…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Nine Inch Nails Releases Free Album In High Definition Audio

Tren Reznor is not only breaking the old distribution model, he’s even breaking the newest, like Radiohead’s pay-what-you-want: Nine Inch Nails’ latest album—The Slip—is 100% free, no payment required in any case, not even when you download the whooping 1.2GB version—which includes high definition WAVE 24/96 files (better-than-CD-quality 24bit 96kHz audio.) You can also choose…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Olinda Radio Lets You Hear What Your Friends Are Listening to

Ever wondered what stations your friends are listening to just at the same moment as you spin the dial on your own radio? Well, that’s where Olinda comes in: a working prototype commissioned by the BBC, it’s got a plug-in module that lights up when your friends are online. A simple push of the corresponding…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Video: A Robot Drawing Beautiful Stars In The Sand

Here’s a video of Sisyphus V drawing shapes in the sand using a magnetic arm on a 2-axis plotter. [Maker Faire] https://gizmodo.com/sisyphus-v-a-robot-making-a-zen-garden-386879

Tech News Brian Lam

Hugh Hefner vs. Robert DeNiro on Battlestar Galactica

Hope you enjoyed yet another “everybody is more psycho” episode of Battlestar Galactica on Friday, complete with ten percent more nervous breakdowns and a bit of sartorial madness. “The Road Less Traveled” also brings us the return of a certain creepy Cylon, who makes all the weirdness even weirder. And then there’s the ongoing mystery…

Television Annalee Newitz

BlackBerry 9000 To Offer 3G-Less “Niagara”

While most of us are addicted to high speed data, The Boy Genius Report is saying that the awaited AT&T exclusive BlackBerry 9000 will come in a version without 3G called the “Niagara.” So what’s the point, beyond watching geeks grab their testicles in sympathy pain? The Niagara will probably drive down the price of…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Sex Secrets Of Hancock And Smallville’s Clark Kent

Spoiler fiends are the truest afficionados of media SF. We’re endlessly curious about everything: we actually care about drunken superhero Hancock’s sex life, and exactly what Mulder and Scully’s status is in X-Files 2. We pore over toy announcements to decipher the secret of Doctor Who’s season finale, and read between the lines to dope…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Automated Whiteboard Shuns Projectors, Mystical Beings

A shameless celebration of all things mechanical and most things lazy, the automated whiteboard is powered by two belted motors from an old scanner/printer while an electromagnet is employed to stick the marker to the board at only the correct times. We’ve always wondered how the local coffee shop writes their menu so neatly. Now…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Rumor: T-Mobile Lusting To Buy Sprint

T-Mobile may be smallish in the US, but it’s owned by German giant Deutsche Telekom, a company plenty powerful enough to buy up Sprint if it wanted to…and the rumor mill says it may want to. The Inquirer points out the obvious network issues that might arise. After all, what do you get when you…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Pet’s Eye View Camera…But You Don’t Want To Know

Have you ever gotten the strange feeling that your dog is trying on your wife’s dresses when you are out? Then it’s time to score proof with the Pet’s Eye View Camera. A 640 x 480 resolution camera that hooks easily to a pet’s collar, the $48 USB-compatible Pet’s Eye View will snap shots at…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Optimus Prime USB Hub Speaks but Won’t Stomp Across Your Desk

“I laugh in the face of your so-called transforming USB hub!” says the four-way Optimus Prime USB Hub, “because I, Optimus Prime, am a Transformers USB hub that… um… doesn’t transform. Oh.” What the 9-inch Autobot bust actually does do is flash its eye lights and shout out when you connect something to it. And…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

LED Message Pen: Cross-Classroom Messaging, 21st Century Style?

Remember the LED message wand? Brando’s now got a miniaturized version that fits in the top of a ballpoint pen, and can display messages up to 20 characters in length. Perfect for covert cross-classroom messaging? As long as the teacher doesn’t spot the flash of a red LED across the room. Available now for $15.…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Remote Plant Watering Via iPhone

Peter set up a robotic watering can to take directions from an iPhone. When Safari’s screen state goes from horizontal to vertical, it sends a status update to a webserver via javascript that sets the watering can up or down. Pretty simple but clever setup. [Maker Faire]

Tech News Brian Lam

Quote: Would a Modern Day MacGyver Still Use a Swiss Army Knife?

While yesterday’s revelation at Maker Faire by MacGyver creator and real-life inspiration Lee D. Zlotoff that a MacGyver blockbuster was in the works was a pretty sweet surprise, we followed up by asking him perhaps the most pressing MacGyver question of all: Would a modern day MacGyver still use a Swiss Army knife? [Maker Faire…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Next-Gen PC Concepts Include Laser Screens, Tactile Interfaces, Glossiness

The Microsoft-sponsored Next-Gen PC Design Competition asks its contestants to design the next generation of Windows-based PCs and judges the resulting entries on innovation, user experience, aesthetics and whether it can ever be manufactured. This year’s contest focused on PC designs that “help people do what they feel passionate about.” Public voting is over and…

Tech News Elaine Chow

Golf Guns for People with Disabilities or Complete Nutters

Kitty Tanning Bed is a Bad Sign for Humanity

Are Adults More Ignored Than Children In SF Lit?

Dolphin Gets Prosthetic Tail

Decypher DC’s White Board Of Doom

Never Return Your Video Camera While Still Stoned

Nine Inch Nails Releases Free Album In High Definition Audio

Olinda Radio Lets You Hear What Your Friends Are Listening to

Video: A Robot Drawing Beautiful Stars In The Sand

Hugh Hefner vs. Robert DeNiro on Battlestar Galactica

BlackBerry 9000 To Offer 3G-Less “Niagara”

Sex Secrets Of Hancock And Smallville’s Clark Kent

Automated Whiteboard Shuns Projectors, Mystical Beings

Rumor: T-Mobile Lusting To Buy Sprint

Pet’s Eye View Camera…But You Don’t Want To Know

Optimus Prime USB Hub Speaks but Won’t Stomp Across Your Desk

LED Message Pen: Cross-Classroom Messaging, 21st Century Style?

Remote Plant Watering Via iPhone

Quote: Would a Modern Day MacGyver Still Use a Swiss Army Knife?

Next-Gen PC Concepts Include Laser Screens, Tactile Interfaces, Glossiness

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